In the latest rocket barrage on Beersheba some 16 rocket launches and three different explosion sites were reported. A rocket hit a house; according to police sources the residents were in the fortified space and therefore uninjured. Heavy damage was caused to the building.

In an additional explosion site a bus was hit from shrapnel and in a third site a number of vehicles were in flames. A number of people suffered from anxiety and are receiving treatment. In the latest barrage the Iron Dome system intercepted at least eight rockets fired. (Ilana Curiel)